| 单词 | roadstead |
| 例句 | The oarsmen were coming aboard now, for the ship was to go out into the roadstead before night fell, and sail with the ebbtide near dawn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Container ships and oil tankers, waiting for a berth, are assigned a place to anchor in the roadstead off Long Beach and Huntington Harbor. How a coast crowded with ships, port gridlock and an anchor may have caused O.C. oil spill 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Boarding suspicious vessels in the open roadstead hardened his nerves and gave an unwonted zest to his work. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z There is no harbor, but an open roadstead; and 332 here a whole fleet of ships were riding at anchor—ships of war and merchant ships from all parts of the world. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z For all that, nothing happened to disturb him as they followed the coast, stopping now and then at an open roadstead, and now and then in the stagnant harbor of an old Spanish town. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z The “Drake’s Bay” of the charts is an open roadstead, and does not answer the descriptions given of the great navigator’s visit. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The town of Cerimbra lies at the bottom of a roadstead, which usually affords protection for shipping. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Entering St. Michael’s roadstead, he captured seven sail without firing a gun. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Later still in the long channel leading to the roadstead the pilot did the same thing again. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z In working across, we were agreeably surprised to find it a continued roadstead, open only towards the S.E., and having regular soundings, from twenty to fourteen fathoms. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z The English vessels remained becalmed in the roadstead for three weeks afterwards. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The only advantage derived from the existence of the Sands is that they form a kind of breakwater, securing a safe anchorage in the roadsteads of the Downs. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Broughton subsequently ascertained, “the heavy and confused swell that rolls in over the shallow entrance, and breaks in three fathoms water, renders the place between Baker’s Bay and Chinock Point a very indifferent roadstead.” The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z The harbor, which is simply an open roadstead, was by no means uninteresting. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z I hoped that this basin, harbour, and roadstead, might be of service, and therefore spared no pains about them. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z It has two splendid harbours, one a sheltered roadstead near the town, with safe anchorage; the other, a land-locked harbour, three miles from the town, capable of admitting vessels of the largest draught. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The French, happily our good friends to-day, were not always so, and there was a period when the splendid natural harbours, bays, and roadsteads of this country were a source of annoyance to them. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Plymouth harbor proper is formed by a long sand-spit parallel with the shore, that serves as a breakwater for the shallow roadstead. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z It is a roadstead with sheltering walls on the northerly and westerly sides, and a very good bottom to hold an anchor. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Here, however, is an exception: the bottom is even and the depth moderate; besides, Fortescue Bay, close by, is an excellent roadstead or stopping-place, to await an opportunity of entering. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z In the foreground is the town, harbour, roadstead, and mouth of the Canal. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A bark and three trim little pinnaces lay rocking in a secluded roadstead. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The roadstead is open to the south-west, and is indifferently sheltered at best. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Owing to the lack of shelter in its open roadstead, the port has not become the great commercial centre which its position otherwise qualifies it to be. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The continuance of the shamal prevented the steamer from unloading in the exposed roadstead, and knocked the launch about as we rejoined her. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Yon lovely roadstead of Dominica: there Rodney caught up with the French just before, and would have beaten them so much the earlier but for his vessels being becalmed. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z It was on Sunday, the 7th of August, that the Armada anchored in the roadstead of Dunkerque, and there waited for Parma's fleet. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z The little rock-environed harbor on the side of Muscongus Bay is a mere roadstead, unfit for shipping in heavy easterly weather. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z He saw the big roadsteads of the East and West Indies and anchored vessels mirrored in waveless seas. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z In warm, moist atmosphere, and the tropical light that glares beneath a cloudy sky, the Renown dropped anchor in the open roadstead off the rocky coast of Honolulu. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z This station was selected, notwithstanding its 438very unwholesome climate, chiefly because the roadstead of Limon Bay furnishes a safe anchorage in all weathers for vessels of even the largest size. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z And this roadstead itself, what a contrast it presented to the lovely beach of the Nicobar Islands! Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z We had, as it turned out, got to the westward of the roadstead of Point de Galle, in Ceylon, and found some little difficulty in making headway against the current. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z When the ship tied up in the roadstead, Sugden and I felt that we were due to go on the loose a bit and went ashore with the express purpose of forgetting our troubles. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z On reaching Samoa she lay in the open roadstead, facing misty hills, among which rose steep green cones of long-dead volcanoes. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z All the vessels in the roadstead were handsomely decked with flags. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z It is a picturesque, healthy town standing on an open roadstead. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z All large ships, that only intend remaining a short time, anchor in the open roadstead, the entrance into the inner harbour being rather difficult, owing to numerous coral reefs. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-02T03:00:25.873Z At St Mary's is a pier built in 1835-8; and a harbour called the Pool for small craft, while further out between the islands is a good roadstead for large vessels. Cornwall 2011-12-05T03:00:38.530Z The true port, however, cannot be here, but near the roadstead of Los Arenales, ... very soon we shall be passing by it. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Under these climatic conditions operations were hopeless, and the fleet remained in the open roadstead, rolling heavily in the terrific seas. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z The Enchantress was in the roadstead when they reached the port, and they went straight on board. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The ship, by the bye, was lying off the Sultan’s Palace, in the roadstead at Zanzibar. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z On the left some vessels are in the roadstead, on the right other boats are off for the deep, and on the banks sailors and fishermen are seen. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z The roadstead is quite open, there being no bay of any kind, and the coast facing southeast, it is exposed to the full fury of the worst gales known in these latitudes, the South-easters. Yankee Girls in Zulu Land 2011-08-31T02:01:39.710Z In the roadstead was lying a large vessel, whose taunt, raking masts, and square, lightly-rigged yards, proved her to be a man-of-war. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z It has no docks and no facilities for landing passengers or goods; vessels are obliged to anchor in the roadstead, which, however, is sheltered from every wind except the south. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" 2011-08-15T02:00:28.473Z Bridgetown is situated at the west end of the island on the open roadstead of Carlisle Bay, and has a population of over twenty-five thousand. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Our pilot brought us to anchor in the harbor, or roadstead, under the walls of this celebrated old castle, and within a few rods of the landing. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z Thus she got into the roadstead, and thence into the open sea. Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils 2011-07-17T02:00:37.407Z We came to an anchor near the middle of the roadstead in seamanlike fashion, every sail being furled before the anchor was dropped, and the old tub brought-to as if going into dock. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Several large sea-going ships and steamers were alongside the wharf or anchored in the roadstead, and there were numerous river-boats loading and preparing for their passage up to Dawson. A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z Of course a vessel lying in the open roadstead, outside of the reef, has no protection whatever, and is in a critical situation if the wind blows towards the land. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Marioupol is a large dirty village, and its port, which has only a custom-house of exit, is nothing but a paltry roadstead of little depth, in which vessels are sheltered from none but western winds. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z The anchorage is safe, roomy and completely landlocked, but large vessels are obliged to lie out at some distance from its mouth in an exposed roadstead. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z It is well, perhaps, that he did not live to see the terrible vengeance that has been inflicted, the roadsteads lined with gibbets, torture returned by torture, insult by cruel mocking. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Besides, this harbour and the roadsteads are on the southern side of the island, completely protected from the prevailing strong winds. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z We know of no more disagreeable roadstead than that of Montevideo, when a pampero is blowing. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z It owes all its excellence to nature, which has here, without the aid of art, provided a magnificent roadstead with ramifications, forming so many basins admirably adapted for the requirements of a naval station. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Q. When vessels are sent from one place to another, state whether it is not frequently the case that they take shelter in roadsteads? Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York 2011-06-05T02:00:10.927Z But remembering how quickly and unexpectedly the tempest of the afternoon previous had broken, Mr. Howbridge first of all considered it wise to make provision for getting the motor-boat into a more sheltered roadstead. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z Their want of depth prevents them from serving as roadsteads for shipping, and they are useful chiefly for fishing or for the manufacture of bay-salt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z It was Jack Hampton speaking, and he leaned on the rail of a coastwise steamer, as she came to anchor in the open roadstead of Valparaiso. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z The roadstead is tolerably good, and the fisheries are important. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Early in the morning the galleons anchored in the roadstead of Terceira. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z There is a good harbour there, with a fine roadstead affording excellent refuge for shipping. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Downs, The, a celebrated roadstead for ships, extending 6 miles along the east coast of Kent in England, protected on the seaward side by the Goodwin Sands. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z To make things worse, it was blowing fresh on-shore, and she lay, straining at her cables and dipping her bows, in the long roll, in an open roadstead. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z In the extreme north the neighbourhood of Roscoff, and farther south the borders of the Brest roadstead, are extremely fertile and yield large quantities of asparagus, artichokes and onions, besides melons and other fruits. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z One other galleon, sorely beaten, had yet strength to recover the roadstead of the island of St. Michaels, where she quickly followed her anchor to the bottom. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z The port or rather roadstead has a sandy bottom, and is exposed to violent storms from the N.E. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Though superior in force, D’Estaing would not attack the English in the roadstead, but set sail to attack Savannah. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The latter is a considerable place, but the anchorage in its roadstead is said to be bad, and the currents that run through the Straits of Basillan are represented to be strong. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z Brought with difficulty into the outer roadstead, she was being repaired as secretly as possible in order to return to Kiel for completion of refit. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The roadstead presents a gay appearance on Sunday, when p. 53all the different vessels display the ensigns of their respective nations, and corresponding flags are hoisted from the tops of the consulates on shore. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z The barracks, they say, stand on the roadstead two miles from the town, and near the Lake. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Its harbour admits vessels of 20 ft. draught, and the roadstead affords excellent anchorage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Is he a floating buoy to be anchored in either roadstead of politics, and only to be secured to either, for a consideration? The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z For eleven months now I have lived in this little two-storied house overlooking the roadstead, with Isaac and the ekonomka for my sole companions. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z From that point he knew he could see the Southern Cross lying at anchor in the roadstead. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z As the mouth of the river is obstructed by a bar and its current is swift, the anchorage is outside in an open roadstead, only slightly protected on the south. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z All she could feel was a prayer that he might live; all the trials and conflicts and hopes of the past six months hovered afar from this, like navies crippled in the roadstead.... She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z There are but three crafts anchored in the roadstead, where formerly fleets used to lie. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z From the roadstead, entrance is by a channel into the outer harbour, which communicates with seven floating basins about 115 acres in area and is accessible to the largest vessels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The anchorage is an open roadstead protected to some extent by headlands with a lighthouse at Santapalli. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z He was appointed inspector of the sea-board, and put the roadstead of the island of Aix in a state of defence during the American War of Independence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The three were on deck as the Saragossa plied past Saint Pierre, five or six miles deep in the roadstead, a last time. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z The anchorage is an open roadstead, formed by the debouchement of the picturesque little river Ozama, which seems to have burst through the rocky barrier of the coast, to find its way to the sea. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The roadstead is indicated by lightships and the entrance channel to the port by a lighthouse which, at an altitude of 193 ft., is visible at a distance of 19 m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z There is no harbour, but a well-sheltered roadstead on the west side. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis The harbour is an open roadstead, very dangerous to shipping in northerly winds, and the discharge and loading of cargoes is effected by means of lighters at considerable risk and expense. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" It was an hour before dawn, and the Saragossa was already putting back toward the roadstead, when Father Fontanel called Charter suddenly. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z As we passed out of the roadstead, we cut adrift the four whale-boats which we had brought in from the captured whalers, rather than destroy them. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z It has a sheltered roadstead, but will not compare with the present capital in this respect. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands The roadstead is tolerably safe, and passing vessels take advantage of it in order to obtain water and fresh provisions, of which Annobon contains an abundant supply. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" Large vessels cannot enter its roadstead, and stop at R�fs�. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The Saragossa was invisible in the roadstead; there was no line dividing shore and sea, nor sea and sky. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z By seven P. M., we had again anchored in our old berth; the burning ship outside lighting us into the roadstead, and throwing a bright glare over much of the island. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Swaying lights glimmered through the darkness here and there; they came from vessels at anchor in the roadstead. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu This roadstead affords a safe refuge for many large vessels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The pirate ship then made sail, crossed the Atlantic, and anchored in the roadstead of the Isles of Shoals. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day At last late at night, queerly restless, she sat alone on deck in the windless roadstead and regarded the illumined terraces of Saint Pierre. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z The best accommodation that these latter afford consists of more or less open roadsteads, e.g. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Third in importance of the towns on the Moorish coast, unimpeded by bar or serious rocks, the roadstead is exposed to the north-west winds. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" The doomed vessels, pierced with holes, sank in the roadstead in the presence of their crews, drawn up in parade formation alongshore. Harper's Round Table, September 24, 1895 The forts were manned, the militia called out, and a great chain boom stretched across the entrance of the inner roadstead. The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day During a war between Russia and Denmark, a Prussian man-of-war captured two Danish vessels lying at harbor in a Chinese harbor or roadstead, and carried them off. The Treaty With China, its Provisions Explained New York Tribune, Tuesday, August 28, 1868 Steam coal of good quality is reported to exist about 30 m. inland from the open roadstead of Ochemchiri in Kutais, but it is not mined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Towards the south the long jetty extended into the roadstead. Round the World in Eighty Days The bar had risen again in the afternoon, and there was no prospect of any one from the shipping in the roadstead coming ashore. A Veldt Vendetta These works included a spacious harbour, and a breakwater securing the additional space of a sheltered roadstead. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 After all, papa," said she, "it is in the landlocked creeks, the little waveless bays, that one must seek his anchorage, and not in the breezy roadsteads nor the open ocean. One Of Them The steamer sailed the next day, and in due time anchored off the roadstead of Chagres. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. “The Downs” is also the name of a roadstead in the English Channel off Deal between the North and the South Foreland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" The winds were contrary and the ship was constantly driven off her course, and at last put into the roadstead of Fair Havens on the south coast of the island of Crete. The Bible Story The harbour and deep-water sheltered roadstead are together between six and seven hundred acres in extent. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 The roadstead was crowded with shipping—large barques, steamers, and brigs, schooners of all shapes and sorts. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Signals were exchanged with the lighthouse, and, tumbling through the blue and lumpy seas, the steamer with slackened speed dropped cautiously into the roadstead. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Mounting his horse, he galloped to a point of the shore which commanded a view of the fleet at anchor in the roadstead. Hernando Cortez Makers of History The sun had gone, the gray water was ruffled by a little wind, the wind of evening, and as the guns boomed on the warships in the roadstead the ensigns came down. Command In all the story of the Downs, the great roadstead can rarely have presented such a scene as when, on a chill winter morning, we lay at anchor awaiting passage. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war At sunrise on January 12 we were anchored in the roadstead at Bridgetown, and the island of Barbadoes lay before us shining in the haze of a hot summer morning. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Every now and then, too, a glimpse was afforded of the blue, land-locked bay, and the vessels rolling at their anchorage beyond the lines of surf in the roadstead outside. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley So great and peculiar is the incessant strain upon these small craft employed in an open roadstead that nails will not hold in such light constructions. The Pearl of India He sat looking out at the sombre beauty of the sky, noting the long rigid black bar that divided sharply the dark swamps from the shining pallor of the roadstead. Command Down the river estuaries and out from the sea-harbour and roadstead, the coasters still join in company through the channels. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war Harbour there was none, but an open roadstead into which the swell of the sea sets heavily, curling over a long coral reef which forms a partial shelter. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses It is a mere shallow roadstead open to the clear sweep and attack of the Bering Sea. The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) The surf-beaten shore of the Coromandel coast at the north is scarcely more exposed than was the open roadstead of this port. The Pearl of India This breakwater changed an open roadstead into a harbour completely sheltered on the most exposed or south-west side; but there was still liability in certain months to storms from the north-west and south-east. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" The anchorage is an open roadstead, with two lighthouses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" The roadstead is open, but as the prevailing winds are from the east the island itself forms a breakwater. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses But like other cities of Cyprus, it suffered repeatedly from earthquake, and in medieval times when its harbour became silted the population moved to Larnaca, on the open roadstead, farther south. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" He saw your light yesterevening, and steered by it to the roadstead, blessing you all the way. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III Two huge hospitals were established, in the roadstead and in the hills. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages It was left to the personal exertions of Sir Stamford Raffles to secure such a supremely important roadstead as that of Singapore for the empire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" When the West Indian squadron or the training squadron drop into the roadstead, admirals, commodores, captains must all be invited. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses He painted the peaceful life of rivers, the poetry of wide estuaries, the regulated stir of roadsteads and ports. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Outside these harbours is the triangular bay, which forms the roadstead of Cherbourg. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" I had made my nest on a rock in the mighty roadstead of Toulon, in a lowly villa surrounded with aloe and cypress, with the prickly pear and the wild rose. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages We swept across the roadstead towards the town, trailing our grapnel as it were a hooked fish, a bare hundred feet above the water. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) The yellow flags float on ship after ship in the Bridgetown roadstead, and crews, passengers, and cargoes are sternly interdicted from the land. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Thence some eight hours of steaming brought us to the roadstead of Thurso. Memoirs of Life and Literature The roadstead and lighthouse of Calingapatam are about 16 m. to the north, and the East Coast railway has a station 9 m. inland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" Kentish immediately rose, offered his arm, and conducted me on 184 deck; where I found we were lying in a roadstead among many low and rocky islets, hovered about by an innumerable cloud of sea-fowl. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) The weather has been windy and rainy; the Hooper has to lie about a mile from the town, in an open roadstead, with the whole swell of the Atlantic driving straight on shore. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 A ship was sailing down the roadstead to begin its adventurous voyage to a distant land. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance I returned to the ship alone, and I found myself twelve hours later looking at Cyprus from the open roadstead of Larnaca. Memoirs of Life and Literature Code met the dory that rowed ashore after Bijonah had made fast to his mooring in the little cove that was the roadstead for the fishing fleet. The Harbor of Doubt The pier is the popular promenade, and the Spithead roadstead in front is closely connected with English naval history. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Pico We found several sailing vessels at anchor in the roadstead of Horta. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' It seems that the sand of the Gulf shore, moved by various currents, is gradually depositing itself in the shallow roadstead in such quantities as to seriously imperil navigation. Aztec Land In three hours they were in the roadstead. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore In the little roadstead the vessels, black-hulled or white, rode eagerly and gracefully at their moorings, the bright sun bringing out the red, yellow, green, blue, and brown of the dories nested amidships. The Harbor of Doubt It rounded into an open bay, with roadstead enclosed by the two promontories. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The roadstead was fairly full of shipping, which included a gunboat, one or two steamers, and several large sailing-ships. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' With the improvements already under way, it will be rendered the best seaport on the Gulf, infinitely superior, especially in point of safe anchorage, to the open roadstead of Vera Cruz. Aztec Land The Allied governments besought neutrals, the United States among them, to forbid belligerent submarine vessels, "whatever the purpose to which they are put," from making use of neutral waters, roadsteads, and ports. The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources In sight of Troy lies Tenedos, an island known of all, And rich in wealth before the realm of Priam had its fall, Now but a bay and roadstead poor, where scarcely ships may ride. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse If there were other ships in the roadstead, for the harbor of La Guayra was really nothing more than an open road, the buccaneer could easily dispose of them in their unprepared condition. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main On our right was the roadstead and open sea, the moon's wake thereon glittering like a street in heaven, and reaching far away to other lands. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 On approaching the roadstead, a brig heavily laden was seen at anchor, which had evidently arrived the preceding night, little expecting that the Greek squadron would quit the gulf in the daytime. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 This is the name given to an enormous headland which falls into the sea with a sheer descent of nearly four hundred feet, and forms the western boundary of the Clovelly roadstead. In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series When he came upon the scene in the roadstead at Alexandria, the murder had been effected. The Life of Cicero Volume II. If it continued to blow, or if, as it was almost certain, the strength of the wind increased, it would be impossible without jeopardizing the ship to come to anchor in the exposed roadstead. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main The twin forts of Fowey were erected in the reign of Edward IV to protect the roadstead from the ravages of the French. The Cornish Riviera He anchored in the roadstead east of Calais in the direction of Dunkirk. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) These islets, most of them mere rocks, form a sort of sheltered strait, or roadstead, of which the island of Rion, with Cape Morgion on the mainland opposite, are the extreme points. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Mocha, once the principal exporting city for coffee, was abandoned as a coffee port early in the nineteenth century, chiefly because of the difficulty of keeping the roadstead of the harbor free from sandbars. All About Coffee They could ravage the two towns, seize the first ship that came to the roadstead, and make their way to the Isthmus safely and speedily. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main After half an hour or so the Drab headed into another open roadstead, anchoring a quarter of a mile from shore. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise The gig was swung up, the cable chopped in two and the mainsail spread, and in an incredibly short time the Royal James was bowling along down the roadstead. The Black Buccaneer The contiguous Small Isles, Muck and Rum, lay moored immediately beside us, like vessels of the same convoy that in some secure roadstead drop anchor within hail of each other. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Soon after leaving the roadstead of Madras there was pointed out to us on the port bow the low lying coast of Orissa, India, where the famine of 1866 carried off one million of souls. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Fortune favored them in one other matter, too, in that late in the afternoon a handsome frigate bringing despatches from Carthagena, ran in and anchored in the roadstead. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main Its open roadstead, although frequented by the mercantile marine, was exposed to the dangerous south-east gales prevalent on that coast. History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Late the following day, after a slow progress along the Delaware shore, the sloop hove to in a wide roadstead and the anchor was run out. The Black Buccaneer The reef of rocks, which forms the only roadstead at Falkenborg, circles in the shape of a horse-shoe, having but one inlet. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition They are peculiar to these seas, being designed to enable the occupant to venture out, however rough the water may chance to be, and the surf is always raging in these open roadsteads. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months June 14th.—At noon we reached Kobé, or Hiogo, and let go our anchor far out in what appears to be an open roadstead. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 As we entered the roadstead we found there, at anchor, a small Chinese junk of such a dilapidated and weather-beaten appearance that she seemed as though she might go to pieces at any moment. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War Up the blue bay they cruised in the fine October weather and came in due time—a very long time it seemed to some aboard—to the roadstead opposite New Castle port. The Black Buccaneer Having made up our minds not to remain more than the night at this place, the cutter lay in the roadstead. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition They are of very peculiar construction, being designed to enable the occupants to venture out, however rough the water may chance to be, and the surf is always raging in these open roadsteads. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands December 8th.—Late in the afternoon we brought up in the roadstead of Sarawak, on the northern coast of Borneo. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 The Russians, twenty-six ships strong, inclusive of eleven destroyers, having cleared the roadstead, steamed slowly to the eastward, and were, that same day, sighted in the offing from Wei-hai-wei, apparently practising evolutions. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War The people of Lanzarote, waking up one morning to find their roadstead full of strange vessels, took for granted that these were pirates from Algiers. Raleigh We can imagine the imposing show it made as it lay in the roadstead of Malacca, now shorn of its ancient importance and long since superseded as the foremost shipping port in the Far East. Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java I accepted it and went on shore, where I was received by a young man who was more merchant than soldier, but who had command of the fort which commanded the roadstead and the town. A Sailor of King George At Meshed i Sar, the port, or roadstead of Barfurush, the steamers of the Caucasus and Mercury Company call weekly, and a brisk shipping trade is carried on between it and other Caspian ports. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" “It would greatly help us, sir,” I said, “if Hang-won could give us even an approximate idea of the position of the Russian ships in the roadstead.” Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War The only roadstead safe all the year round is Temukus on the north coast. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" The mail boats anchored in the open roadstead; passengers landed at the Semaphore jetty, cargo being placed in barges and towed up the river to Port Adelaide. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon At this period, 1794, Cherbourg, although a strong place, was nearly an open roadstead, and we frequently stood in so close as to oblige the outer vessels at anchor to run farther in. A Sailor of King George The only natural harbour is Carlisle Bay on the south-western coast, which, however, is little better than a shallow roadstead, only accessible to light draught vessels. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" In due time we arrived in the roadstead of Yokohama—not so very long ago a small fishing village, but now an important city—and made fast to our buoy. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War Large ships have to anchor outside in the open roadstead. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Sir Thomas usually invited the captain to his house during the steamer’s stay in the roadstead. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Finally, with refitted ships and reorganized crews, Paul Jones was ready to sail from the roadstead of Isle de Groaix, in the early part of August, 1779, bound upon his cruise around the British Islands. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure Three vessels had perished in the very roadstead of Santa Cruz, and two others thrown upon the coast had gone to pieces. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century But on the following day they all returned to Port Arthur, and anchored in the roadstead, under the guns of the batteries. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War The rivers mentioned, except the Rio Grande, are mere creeks, not fit for vessels of any size, and their mouths simply open roadsteads. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The same tornado drove the ships in the roadstead to the bottom of the sea or burned them before they could escape. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror Further out in the roadstead lay eleven other smaller galleys, waiting until their wounded flagship should be ready for them. The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago Shipping disasters have been frequent not only at sea, but also while landing here, for Nome has no harbour, but merely an open, shallow roadstead, fully exposed to the billows of the ocean. From Paris to New York by Land I must confess that I was not very greatly impressed by Yokohama, as viewed from the roadstead. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War It is a singular fact that it has never been legally determined whether the Downs and adjacent roadsteads are included in the limits of the Cinque Ports. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It was a thriving place, as the black dots of steamers in the roadstead showed, for of late years American enterprise had broken in upon its lethargic calm. Brandon of the Engineers Nor, although we remained a week in the roadstead, during which several craft arrived from the south, and two from the Philippines, could we learn that any others than ourselves had beheld the phenomenon. The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise Outside in the roadstead the intermediate Elder Dempster boat was waiting the return of the doctor. The Keepers of the King's Peace The attention of the lookouts having thus been attracted to our cruisers in the offing, we in the destroyers were able to slip into the roadstead undetected. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War To quit a port or roadstead, and proceed to the destination. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The roadstead being lined with coral, great precautions were necessary to save the cables from being cut, but in spite of them, at new moon, a sudden tempest arose and broke the ship loose. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century In the roadstead of the James were two men-of-war, small frigates flying the broad pennant of the Royal Navy. Blackbeard: Buccaneer We and another transport are anchored in the middle of the roadstead, awaiting the arrival of the other members of the expedition. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" Two days later, more mines were laid in Port Arthur roadstead, and another attempt was made to entice the Russian fleet to come out and fight us; but the attempt was a failure. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War A wild roadstead implies one that is exposed to the wind and sea. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. At this time there were more than one hundred ships, large and small, in this roadstead, so flourishing was the trade of the East India Company at this epoch. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century It was a quiet roadstead sheltered from seaward by several small islands. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Lemnos has a huge roadstead, open to the south, and at present protected at the two southern points by big guns and searchlights. The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" The rollers from the roadstead broke upon the reef. A Tramp's Notebook The act of dragging the bight or loose part of a small rope along the ground, in a harbour or roadstead, in order to recover a sunk anchor or wreck. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. On the 20th of March the Swallow anchored in Spithead roadstead, after thirty-one months of a voyage as painful as it had been dangerous. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century “Mr Crozier!” calls out the old coxswain, “do ye see that craft—the one riding at anchor out yonder in the roadstead?” The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea In a few minutes after a vessel was perceived in the roadstead of the bay, struggling against the storm, and endeavouring to stand outward to sea. The Tiger Hunter Friday, 1st December.—We arrived at Durban at 5 a.m. and anchored in the roadstead. With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service Those roadsteads affected by several rivers or channels leading into them; as, for instance, Spithead. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It was split up into numberless roadsteads, which Cook determined to enter, in order to allow of his ship being repaired and keeled. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century As there were now persistent rumours that the Italians were going to attempt an attack on Venice, Tegethoff remained in the Fasana roadstead, continuing the training of his fleet. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima A chart of the bay and roadstead of Acapulco lay upon the table before them, illuminated by two candles, whose light was every moment becoming paler, as the day began to break into the tent. The Tiger Hunter They are built to enable the pilots or boatmen to take a survey of the roadstead and the sands beyond, that they may see any vessel requiring their assistance. A Yacht Voyage Round England A local duty charged on vessels coming to anchor in a port or standing in a roadstead, as anchorage. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Game was scarce and wild, the water detestable, the roadstead was never more dangerous than at this season. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century To add to the gloom of the moment the ram "Affondatore," which had been injured in the battle, sank at her anchors when a sudden gale swept the roadstead of Ancona. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima He cast anchor in the outer roadstead on 27th August, and landed 1,500 men near Fort Lamalgue, east of the town. William Pitt and the Great War The Nore was a sandbank at the mouth of the river; the Downs is the roadstead off Deal. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents The Coast Survey Report mentions it as "the most dangerous of the roadsteads usually resorted to, filled with sunken rocks and reefs." Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Upon the 5th of September, 1792, the French joyfully anchored in the roadstead of Amboyna. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Gliding like a ghost about the roadstead, unmarked and unchallenged, he counted galleys, galleasses, and frigates, and brought back an under-estimate of the allied strength, only because the fleet was not yet all assembled. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Our military and naval officers disliked Cape Town, owing to the lack of amusements, the dearness of provisions, and the badness of the roadstead. William Pitt and the Great War Bridgetown, where the chief harbor or roadstead lies, is at the southwest, and H.M.S. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents Blake continued his blockade in an open roadstead for six months, through autumn and winter, an unheard of thing in those days and exceedingly difficult. A History of Sea Power These harmonious and distinct sounds appeared to come from a distance, and I imagined the natives were making music some six or seven miles beyond the roadstead. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Upon arriving at the roadstead of Pandarany, Gama found no boat to take him off to the ships, and was forced to sleep on shore. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World The commanders of the two frigates are forbidden to enter any roadsteads, from which they might find difficulty or delay in departing. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II In the great roadstead of the Downs, among the pilots and the captains, there were anxious hearts that day. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands Having the interior lines and the smooth anchorage, Barbarossa had only to watch his enemy go to pieces in the open roadstead in trying to maintain a blockade. A History of Sea Power A few details on the roadstead of Amboyna, and the manners and customs of the native population, will not be out of place. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century With patriotic pride Jack saw the magnificent fleet under Admiral Dundas lying at anchor in Cavarna Bay as the Tornado steamed into that roadstead. The Three Commanders We carefully examined the roadstead, and there, sure enough, was just the craft for our purpose; but she was lying right under the guns of the fort. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess Nothing but an open roadstead, exposed to all the storms that come, so that to anchor off Vera Cruz is to run a fair chance of being wrecked. Ahead of the Army They ran in and dropped anchor in a roadstead, since called the Bay of San Francisco. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Amboyna roadstead," says La Billardi�re, "forms a channel some thirteen or fourteen miles in length, and about two and a half miles in breadth. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century An open roadstead, no vessel would have found it a safe shelter, at least unless the wind was blowing from the east. Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery The vessels, injured and uninjured, in due time gained the outside of the roadstead, and there hove-to, in order to effect temporary repairs. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess On August 29th, 1782, this ship, with many hundred souls aboard, sunk, at anchor, in the broad glare of day and in full sight of all on land, in the roadstead at Spithead. Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands On both sides they observed sandy bays and good roadsteads, but the shores were bare of trees and shrubs. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold Moved by all these considerations, the captain decided to direct his course to Timor Island, and he anchored there upon the 22nd of August, in the roadstead of Coupang. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Never was a party of pleasure-seekers in a more woe-begone plight than was this of ours when we arrived in the open roadstead of the most inhospitable-looking shores of Block Island. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. They were to ascertain, if possible, whether there were any plate ships in the roadstead, and, if so, the precise positions in which they were lying. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess The castle is otherwise strong and well provided, having over an hundred guns in different batteries, which command the harbor and the entire roadstead. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 It was dark by the time we brought up in the roadstead outside the harbour. A Voyage round the World A book for boys The G�ographe entered Lorient roadstead upon the 23rd of March, and three days later the vast collection of natural curiosities was landed. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Our master’s mate and passed midshipman were absent in some of the brig’s boats cruising off Gallinas or watching the roadstead of New Sestros. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver There were one or two scattered here and there about the town, but there were none at all in the forts, and not a single glimmer was to be made out anywhere in the roadstead. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess The roadstead, with seven fathoms water on it, lies seven miles from the riverʼs mouth. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy The roadstead before Tamatave offers a good anchorage, except when the wind is from the north or east. A Voyage round the World A book for boys When D'Entrecasteaux arrived at the Cape, Hunter was still in the roadstead; but within two hours of the arrival of the French vessels he weighed anchor. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Only vessels of light draft can enter; large vessels anchor in the roadstead, which is the channel between Yloilo harbour and Guimarás Island. The Philippine Islands It was to the extremity of this roadstead that the three boats had now come, and the twinkling lights of the town were clearly discernible at some distance. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess On November 14, 1854, a terrible hurricane burst on the Crimean coast and wrecked nearly the whole of the British transports which lay at anchor in the roadsteads. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century The sea is narrower there, and the line made by Crozier, Young, Day, Lowther, and Garret Islands, like a chain of forts before a roadstead, forced the ice-streams to accumulate in this strait. The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras Bougainville left the roadstead of Minden at the mouth of the Loire, on the 15th of November, for the La Plata river, where he hoped to find two Spanish vessels, the Esmeralda and the Liebre. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Two British warships lying in the roadstead sent boats ashore to receive British subjects, and landed a party of marines, who made gallant efforts to save foreign property. The Philippine Islands It was about four in the morning when they rounded the promontory that shut in the roadstead, and they could not reckon on more than two hours more of darkness. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess A smart breeze from the N.E. carried the little brig rapidly towards the land, and on the morning of the third day she sailed into the roadstead for which she had been steered. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century In the roadstead two miles away lay several newly arrived steamers, their deep-toned whistles frequently sounding over the intervening waters. A Woman who went to Alaska Next day, the two vessels anchored in the roadstead of Otaiti-Piha, two cable-lengths from the shore, and were besieged by visitors and traffickers. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Maria de Molina anchored in the roadstead, and the Capuchins fled to it on the first alarm. The Philippine Islands Like magic, the lights flared up from all parts of the town, and aboard all the vessels in the bay, as also in the fort at the opposite extremity of the roadstead. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess Constantinople at that time was overrun with the most daring brigands, who paid irregular visits to the different roadsteads between midnight and the early hours of the morning. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century Forty-one vessels had been lost; in one uninhabited roadstead alone, some forty miles away from Indian Harbour, lay sixteen wrecks. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Then he went to Bolabole on the 8th of December, and bought of the King Pouni an anchor, which Bougainville had lost in the roadstead. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century On July 1 the fleet entered the roadstead at Gibraltar, and anchored in the shadow of the famous rock. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The vessels were boarded, and sail made; and presently the enraged population of La Guayra had the bitter mortification of seeing the plate ships sail out of the roadstead in the possession of the English. Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess The morning sun shone brightly over Wilton as Harry started to school; brightly over the dancing waters of the roadstead; and the seawind sang gaily through the wave-washed piles of the pier. Wilton School or, Harry Campbell's Revenge Though we had a falling barometer, this deceived us, and we anchored that evening in a shallow and unsafe open roadstead about twenty miles from Indian Harbour Hospital. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell After taking the position of the Bashees, without stopping, La Perouse sighted the coast of China, and next day cast anchor in the roadstead of Macao. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Nobody ever dreamed of making it an open roadstead. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General When daylight broke through the clouds and cast its softening rays over the roadstead, another picture of horror rose to the eyes. Plotting in Pirate Seas The bark was in the open roadstead, cargo all ready, Levantine pilot on board. The Wind Bloweth Occasionally a huge ocean liner, chartered by an American tourist agency for an Eastern Mediterranean tour, drops into Villefranche roadstead. Riviera Towns Fearing death by starvation and foundering, it was necessary to overlook these exactions, and Carteret proceeded to the roadstead of Bonthain. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century The process of coaling ship there is a tedious one, the port being an open roadstead, and there are no wharves. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner At times more than a hundred merchant vessels could be seen swinging to their anchors in the roadstead. Plotting in Pirate Seas And here was Beirut again: here the snowy crest of Lebanon, here the roadstead crowded with craft; here the mulberry groves. The Wind Bloweth The vessel felt the effects of the additional canvas, as she drew out more from the land, and rapidly glided past the different vessels in the roadstead. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy The vessels soon anchored in the roadstead of Van Dieman, in eighteen fathoms of water, a cable's length from the breakers which border the shore. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Next day we saw land in earnest, and in the afternoon anchored in “Five Fathom Hole,” after passing in safety a sandbar, which renders the entrance into this roadstead rather difficult. Hudson Bay Seventeen vessels in the roadstead, two of which were American steamers, burned at anchor. Plotting in Pirate Seas I will detain any vessel which may in the mean time put into the roadstead, and you shall then be the bearers of the treasure and of my letters to Goa. The Phantom Ship We had picked up the anchor in the roadstead of a foreign power, about fifteen hundred miles distant from the English coast. Newton Forster The Merchant Service We at once agreed how infinitely superior it was to Point de Galle, in whose unsafe roadsteads so many noble ships have been cast away. My First Voyage to Southern Seas Going himself on board one of them, the Fox, with Robert Blake, Lancelot and I, he led the way towards a narrow channel between the open sea and the roadstead, directly opposite Saint Mary’s. The Boy who sailed with Blake We had a very short passage to Batavia, and anchored in the roadstead. Mark Seaworth The admiral on the Jamaica station lives on shore, at a house called the Admiral’s pen, on the Palisades, whence he commands a view of the harbour, roadstead, and the ocean. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days It was crowded with shipping, the place serving as a roadstead for Copenhagen, which is about twenty miles distant. Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar Across the open roadstead Flanagan's old boat crept under her patched lug sail. Priscilla's Spies We having reached the roadstead of Cadiz, found there a Dutch fleet. The Boy who sailed with Blake It was no less than Lord Claymore’s long-projected plan of destroying the French fleet whenever it could be found collected in one of these exposed roadsteads. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War On the south, a hundred ships were in the deep roadstead, a cable’s length from each other—their hulls, spars, and rigging magnified to gigantic proportions under the deceptive and tremulous moonbeam. The Rifle Rangers The roadstead is quite open, and we find here a very heavy swell. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 On the north lies a chain of islands, Ilaunure, Curraunbeg and Curraunmor, separated from each other by narrow channels, through which the tide runs strongly in and out of the roadstead. Priscilla's Spies The admiral at once selected a point overlooking the harbour and roadstead, on which he forthwith ordered a battery to be erected. The Boy who sailed with Blake The little English frigate paraded up and down before the roadstead, but none ventured out to attack her. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War I say, we shall present quite an imposing appearance as we bring-up in the roadstead. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Look at the scores of snug harbours they’ve built where there was nothing but open roadsteads before. The Missing Merchantman Through the opening of the passage which led into Finilaun roadstead there was no more than a trickle of water running like a brook over the stony bottom. Priscilla's Spies And in the early hours of this morning I took the first step toward reaching satisfactory terms with Your Excellency by capturing the Cristobal Colon, now riding at anchor in Panama roadstead. The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer However, there appear to be some good roadsteads, where, should bad weather come on, we may be secure.” Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War A moment later the three boats, closer together now, swept round the northern end of the island, and Arica roadstead lay in full view before them. Under the Chilian Flag A Tale of War between Chili and Peru The Gnat lay in the roadstead off Rathmullan, beyond reach that night. Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 The principal port, Progreso, is an open roadstead where no shelter is obtained, the old abandoned port of Sisal being superior. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Coasting along the shore, they came at last to an open roadstead where they could debark. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure She lay very nearly in the middle of the roadstead, broadside-on to the morning sunshine, and the more the Commandant studied her the more he wondered at last night's miracle. Major Vigoureux At dusk we cast anchor in the roadstead of Kobe, where the Tenyo Maru has to remain for twenty-four hours in order to take cargo on board. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People The best pilot for a young woman is a good mother; and now you have a fleet in your roadstead, I need not tell a seaman of your experience that you are on pilot-ground;—hey! The Two Admirals "Yes; but we don't know how this roadstead ends farther on," replied Raed. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' One sunny morning in the commonplace surroundings of an Eastern roadstead, I saw his form pass by—appealing—significant—under a cloud—perfectly silent. Notes on My Books Sails swung out; and the vessels sheered away from the roadstead while cheers rent the air. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom The vessels were badly placed in the ice, in an open roadstead without the shelter of a coast. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People I never saw the youngster, until within the last six months, when he was landed from the roadstead, and brought to Wychecombe, to be cured of his wounds; nor ever heard of him before. The Two Admirals The roadstead between the island and the main was not at present much choked with ice. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' Lake Erie is evidently becoming more shallow constantly, but not to any great or alarming degree; and shoals form, even in the splendid roadstead of Kingston, within the memory of young inhabitants. Canada and the Canadians Volume I But when the messenger dashed into Plymouth with the fatal packet he found the roadstead empty. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 Mine-sweeping operations were at once commenced in the roadstead, a pier was erected, and, on the 24th, the supply ships from Port Said began unloading stores and supplies. With the British Army in The Holy Land To the north was Snug Cove, where Cook had anchored; to the south the roadstead of the fur traders. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward A man-of-war had entered the roadstead, and her powerful lamp was now scouring sea and coast for the missing launch. The Stowaway Girl The roadstead afforded safe anchorage for the great ships coming up from Lima. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Imbros, here, lies quite open to submarine attacks, and in a northerly gale, becomes a mere roadstead. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I The roadstead is open, shallow, and plentifully besprinkled with rocks, while powerful shore batteries covered the whole anchorage with their zone of fire. Deeds that Won the Empire Historic Battle Scenes Diaz—drops anchor a short mile out in a half-protected roadstead, and discharges what she has to discharge, or lades what she has to lade, by boats. Foe-Farrell Now they were in a fairly smooth roadstead; the remnants of the gale were shouldered away from the ship by the towering cliff that jutted out on the left of the bay. The Stowaway Girl The streets are full of troops of the three nations, while some twenty transports ride at anchor in the open roadstead. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium Lay outside the roadstead; close by us is the British Fleet with an Armada of transports,—all at anchor. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I The Phoebe and the Cherub sailed into the Chilean roadstead in February, 1814, and found the Essex there. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Then, far away in the roadstead ahead of them, he made out an entire cluster of lights, like those of a liner at anchor. Never-Fail Blake Five minutes later, Watts and Olsen brought the welcome news that she was returning to the roadstead. The Stowaway Girl The sheltered roadstead is about 272 acres in extent, and communication is made with the canal by a lock 66 feet wide and 282 yards in length. Bruges and West Flanders We are grateful for small mercies, and note a picturesque view from the open roadstead of Grand Bassá. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative It stands upon a little bay, formed by two projecting headlands, and can boast of a tolerable harbour excellent roadstead. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 Mr. Gibney vowed that if a United States cruiser didn't happen to be lying in the roadstead, he would have shelled the town in retaliation. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Then, crossing the fort road, they would advance boldly to the enemy's stronghold, first making sure that the launch was moored in her accustomed station in the roadstead beneath the walls. The Stowaway Girl In sight of Troy lies Tenedos, an isle Renowned and rich, while Priam held command, Now a mere bay and roadstead fraught with guile. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Usually the stream mouths by an ugly little bar at some distance from the roadstead; after heavy rains it bursts the sand-strip and discharges in straight line. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Many warships, and of all sizes, lay in the roadstead, but they did not see much of these vessels save their lights that evening. Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's Not a soul on all the hillside But will watch her when she clears, Dreaming of the Port o' Strangers In the roadstead of the years. Ballads of Lost Haven A Book of the Sea Also, like Lyttelton, the latter was an open roadstead, but on the town front was bounded by a steep bank from which the narrow strand beneath was reached by a wide cutting. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 The Kennebunk steamed into a certain roadstead one evening where lay more huge battleships, cruisers and smaller armored vessels than Whistler and his mates had ever seen before. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats The anchorage here is in an open roadstead. Adventures in New Guinea Instead of attacking them in the town, which must involve a long series of operations, endeavour to establish batteries so as to sweep the harbour and roadstead. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte She made direct for Cherbourg, where they anchored in the roadstead. King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 The harbour was an open roadstead, and possessed but a primitive sort of quay or landing place for boats and vessels of small tonnage. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 After obtaining leave from the doge to go out and give battle, he sailed into the roadstead on the 25th. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century On the 8th of February, 1756 the two ships set sail together from this roadstead... The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 On the 3rd of June the duke had his one victory; it was off the roadstead of Harwich, and the roar of his artillery was heard in Westminster. Andrew Marvell I never shall forget the sensation produced in a ship I commanded one evening on the coast of Peru, as we steered towards the roadstead of Payta. The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels Our captain, by mistake of the signaller, invited the Yankee captain to dinner, and the reply from the American, who good-naturedly took it as a joke, was "Bad roadstead here." Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 Provisions, water, and supplies of all sorts were brought to the ships on their station, either at sea, or in unfrequented roadsteads within the limits of the cruising ground. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain This barrier, however, broke the waves from the northwest, and so made the western part of the bay a fairly convenient summer roadstead. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain But the storm was weathered safely; the temperature grew cooler as the ship stretched away to the South, and after a generally prosperous voyage the steamer dropped anchor in Port Natal roadstead. The Wedge of Gold He knew the way and the traps and pitfalls better even than I did, and ran us in up the wind with a steady hand till the roadstead opened before us. Carette of Sark The harbour, or rather the roadstead, is formed by a cluster of small islands lying about six miles from the shore, under the shelter of which vessels find safe anchorage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Others put, as a device for their flags in the roadstead, "a good wind, and thirty hours". Ten Years' Exile Memoirs of That Interesting Period of the Life of the Baroness De Stael-Holstein, Written by Herself, during the Years 1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813, and Now First Published from the Original Manuscript, by Her Son. But not content, the French have already planned, and possibly are now finished, still other works, by which the perilous roadstead outside this harbor shall be transformed into a secure anchorage of sixteen hundred acres. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 No regular steamer was in port, but the "Pallas" was seen at anchor out in the roadstead. The Wedge of Gold We pulled in under an island which held a fort, and keeping along that side of the roadstead, ran quietly ashore, drew our boat up, and went up into the town. Carette of Sark Children were crying to go home, or viewing with babbling delight the wide roadstead dotted with boats still bringing the fugitives to every anchored vessel. The Flower of the Chapdelaines There, below us, lay a neat deep-water roadstead covered to westward by a small island with a tower on it and a battery. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Formerly, on the approach of a cyclone, vessels lying in the roadstead, as the only harbor it had, which was no harbor, had to put to sea to avoid being driven on the shore. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East On arriving at the seashore they found that no steamer was in port bound North, but there was a fine steamer in the roadstead that was to sail next day for Melbourne, Australia. The Wedge of Gold As soon as I came out on the western side I saw that work was still going on busily in the little roadstead, and so far I was in time. Carette of Sark We therefore worked our way, with the help of the Esquimaux, round another point, into a roadstead, rather more sheltered than the former, though open to the sea. Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ungava Bay, Westward of Cape Chudleigh Undertaken to Explore the Coast, and Visit the Esquimaux in That Unknown Region Out in the roadstead five small gunboats were tacking and blazing away, two at the mole and three at the town itself; and the town and the island blazing and banging back at the gunboats. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 In Nagasaki roadstead, all the ships are dressed out with flags, and salutes are firing in our honor. Madame Chrysantheme Apart from any fighting, the fact of having no better sea knowledge or judgment than to anchor the Spanish ships in an open roadstead like Calais was courting the loss of the whole Spanish fleet. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon So I crept round the south of Herm and drew into the little roadstead on the west. Carette of Sark If the vessel was at anchor in a roadstead, he had to keep his two-hour anchor watch the same as the rest of the crew. Windjammers and Sea Tramps And the rest of the boats, dispirited belike, sheered off after another hour's banging and left the roadstead in peace. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 Let us go to the end of the terrace, contemplate the roadstead at our feet, and then return home. Madame Chrysantheme One of the fundamental precautions of seamanship is never to anchor on a lee shore or in an open roadstead, without a means of escape. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon A pilot offered his services, but Tom declined them with thanks, and soon afterwards skilfully brought us up close in shore in the crowded roadstead. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months So he led his fleet from his first hour with it, and brought it safely into the roadstead. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Once inside them, however, vessels may anchor safely anywhere, for there is in effect a continuous roadstead all around the island. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 After a great uproar of maneuvering we took up our old moorings in the roadstead, at the foot of the Diou-djen-dji hills. Madame Chrysantheme The ships were anchored in a somewhat open roadstead, so Drake resolved to take them farther up the waterway where they would lie comfortably, no matter from what direction the threatening storm might break. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon In addition, there was little but an open roadstead before the port of Hollis. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod The Amazon, bound to Portsmouth, left the roadstead late in the afternoon, and before she was clear of the small Russel—a dangerous passage—night overtook her. The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock There they were informed that the galleys had arrived the day before at Barcelona, whence they would sail in two days, unless the insecurity of the roadstead compelled them to make an earlier departure. The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes It is more than probable that Anlaf sailing from Dublin would come over to England by the usual route to the havens opposite, near the great roadstead of the Dee estuary. From John O'Groats to Land's End Ever since the age of the Crusades that seaport had been the chief place of arms of Palestine; but the harbour was now nearly silted up, and even the neighbouring roadstead of Hayfa was desolate. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) From Wreckers' Head and the other sand bluffs guarding this roadstead from the heave of the Atlantic rollers, the schooner with her yachtlike lines was truly a picture to please the most exacting mariner. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod Hence the whistling-buoy is used in roadsteads and the open sea, while the bell-buoy is preferred in harbors, rivers, and the like, where the sound-range needed is shorter, and smoother water usually obtains. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 The extreme simplicity of this project has permitted its promoter to affirm that in a few months, and with nine millions, he can inclose the Havre roadstead. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 There was here also a roadstead unequalled in the whole bay for convenience and safety. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam It must be recalled that at the time of his arrival Suffren found no friendly port or roadstead, no base of supplies or repair. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 When he walked over from the cove that afternoon, after seeing the anchor of the Seamew over-side for the first time in this roadstead, Tunis found his Aunt Lucretia much as usual. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod The Arcas are a dirty little anchorage for large ships, being but an open roadstead, affording good shelter only from the north. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Moreover, upon the emergent parts of the Eclat reef and heights of the roadstead he proposed to erect two forts. Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 You are aware that four of the English king's frigates are now in the roadstead, with six hundred soldiers on board. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam Trincomalee, in the adjacent island of Ceylon, though unhealthy, offered an excellent and defensible harbor, and thus acquired first-rate strategic importance, all the other anchorages on the coast being mere open roadsteads. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 I will detain any vessel which may in the meantime put into the roadstead, and you shall then be the bearers of the treasure and of my letters to Goa. The Phantom Ship The enemy being on my starboard bow, and apparently standing towards the north point of the roadstead, I headed her for the south point, giving her full steam. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter Her bones long marked the spot, and for many years the roadstead was known as Paragon Bay. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment This bay is divided into two long roadsteads, those of Tampa and Hillisboro, the narrow entrance to which the steamer soon cleared. The Moon-Voyage Sagres Castle, commanding the roadstead of Cape St. Vincent, was extraordinarily strong. Elizabethan Sea Dogs Out on the smooth waters of the roadstead lay ships great and small, ships with stripped masts and smokeless funnels, others with faint gray spirals wreathing upward from their stacks. Spanish Doubloons The remnant of the Swedish fleet lay in the roadstead at G�teborg, under the guns of the two forts, New and Old Elfsborg. Hero Tales of the Far North Remaining in the roadstead two days, he started back, and tracing a stream of fresh-looking water discovered the mouth of the Klamath. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment True wisdom would nevertheless seem to dictate the necessity of placing in perfect condition those fortifications which are designed for the protection of our principal cities and roadsteads. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 2: John Tyler It is still produced in this region and exported from it: but the larger part of that which enters the markets of the world is exported from the roadsteads of the opposite Sumálí coast. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 As for the Rufus Smith, she was under weigh, and heading out of the roadstead for the open sea. Spanish Doubloons In five months he was back before Frederik's capital with his whole army, while a Swedish fleet anchored in the roadstead outside. Hero Tales of the Far North Mayaguez is also an open roadstead formed by two projecting capes. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient La Hogue, a cape with a roadstead on NE. of France, where a French fleet sent by Louis XIV. to invade England on behalf of James II. was destroyed in 1692. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge There is only an open roadstead for anchorage. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Mayaguez is also an open roadstead on the west coast formed by two projecting capes. The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation This part of the coast ended in the northeast by a pretty high cape, which covered a sort of roadstead protected from land winds. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen With no confusion, under the direction of Captain Haas and "Scotty" Allan, who was to go with them as far as Quebec, they had been placed on board the "Senator" lying out in the roadstead. Baldy of Nome The harbour is an open roadstead; trade is small, the chief export oil seeds. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge The Ottoman fleet hovered for one September week in the offing, but Kanaris's fire-ships took another ship of the line in toll at the roadsteads of Tenedos before it safely regained the Dardanelles. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey But the king by great expense and liberality overcame nature and built a harbor larger than was the Piraeus, and in its recesses built other deep roadsteads. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism It was indeed a hurricane, in fact, one of those terrible windstorms which wrecks all the ships of a roadstead, and which, even on land, the most solid structures cannot resist. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen Then he recognized the roadstead, a vast aquatic extension with a frame of sandy bars and pools reflecting the uncertain life of daybreak. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel A sympathetic disorder was brewing deep down on the ocean floor; the water now had a charged appearance, and was foul as the roadstead along the mouths of the Godivari—a thick, whipped, yeasty look. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel Still, vessels could anchor in any or all the coves and roadsteads of the group; and there the holding ground was unusually good, being commonly mud and sand, and these without rocks. The Crater It was a mystery baffling any attempt at explanation, for there were no ships in the roadstead, and hence it was impossible for the pair to have taken French leave. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Too many questions to be answered in an open roadstead, friend Joram; and altogether too dry a subject for a husky conversation. The Red Rover Who knew but what her mysterious communications would bring about their attack by a submarine on going out from the roadstead of Brest!… Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel The Sidney, being the faster sailer, reached Johanna in advance of her consorts, and found the Adventure at anchor in the roadstead. The Pirates of Malabar, and an Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago The south-western angle of the group formed a long, low point, or cape of rock, making a very tolerable roadstead on its north-western side, or to leeward. The Crater There were several ships in the roadstead, and one of them was just leaving as the Kobuk boat came to anchor. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Just at this moment, another cruiser, but one of far less magnitude, was seen entering the roadstead, bearing also the friendly ensign of the new States. The Red Rover The crews of the battleships in the roadstead had just added to this medley of uniforms the monotonous note of their midnight blue, almost like that of all the navies of the world…. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel It was built to command the roadstead, and without any reference to the pass, which no enemy would be apt to attempt. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" Previously to departing, Mark had carried the ship through the channel, and she was anchored in a very good and safe roadstead, outside of everything. The Crater I have lost many a deep-sea, besides hand-leads by the dozens, on rocky bottoms; but give me the roadstead where a lead comes up light, and an anchor heavy. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers It became necessary to drive them from the roadstead. The Life of Francis Marion The roadstead was dark with its foamy waves, choppy and thick, leaping like sheep. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Some looked up at our spars, as if to ascertain whether all were right; while others looked back at the head-land they had just rounded, like those who examined the roadstead. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" The ship in which we sail Is borne along, although it seems to stand; The ship that bides in roadstead is supposed There to be passing by. On the Nature of Things The anchor was secured, the yards trimmed, and the brig began to move out of the roadstead. An Outcast of the Islands They sailed thus until they came to Geirsver, which is the first roadstead of the traders to the North. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway These were like maritime roadsteads where boats might anchor completely concealed from view. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel I should prefer a safe roadstead, to venturing too far in, without a professed pilot. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" And likewise sun and moon Seem biding in a roadstead,—objects which, As plain fact proves, are really borne along. On the Nature of Things Over the smooth water of the roadstead came in answer a faint cry from one of the ships at anchor. An Outcast of the Islands Striding firmly, without haste, along the quay, Captain Whalley averted his glances from the familiar roadstead. The End of the Tether About five it returned, gentle enough, enabling us to head for the roadstead. The Shadow Line; a confession The two brothers had but left the roadstead, when close beside their ship, uprose a walrus. The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald Therefore she went into that natural harbor to wait for a few days in preference to remaining in an open roadstead. The Secret Sharer He walked quite to the end and stood leaning against the post, under the lamp, looking at the roadstead where two vessels at anchor swayed their slender rigging amongst the stars. An Outcast of the Islands After his one glance at the roadstead he went on, since there was nothing to turn back for, and the time must be got through somehow. The End of the Tether My eye caught in the depths and distances of these blue tones the white speck of some big ship just arrived and about to anchor in the outer roadstead. The Shadow Line; a confession It was like a roadstead crowded with tan, fairy shipping. Sons and Lovers But trade is now passing over to Haifa, at the south side of the bay, as its harbour offers a safer roadstead, and is a regular calling.place for steamers. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 At six p.m. the Mongolia slowly moved out of the roadstead, and was soon once more on the Indian Ocean. Around the World in 80 Days He walked on, as if there still had been a ship in the roadstead to which he could get himself pulled off in the evening. The End of the Tether The harbor is very poor, being little more than an open roadstead. Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades The roadstead, named Port Eucla, was found to afford excellent natural protection for shipping. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated, The port of Monte Cristi is a large open bay with a fine roadstead, but the shallow water near the shore obliges vessels to anchor over a mile from land. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future It blowing too fresh to get a pilot, we ran into a roadstead at the mouth of the Shannon, and anchored with both bowers. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast The roadstead thus formed would have afforded safe anchorage to ships, but for the difficulty of entering it. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras On land, the most substantial of erections could with difficulty have withstood its violence, and a vessel anchored in a roadstead must have been torn from its moorings and cast ashore. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain It lay in the roadstead, just off York Bay, and the sight of the warships was indeed alluring. The Dare Boys of 1776 The British were in an almost open roadstead, from which they could not possibly escape. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans As we lay in a roadstead, it mattered little, few vessels touching at the port. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Another time fire had broken out on it right in the Hâvre roadstead, but no great damage was done. My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt Towards the north-east the coast terminated in a headland of moderate height sheltering a kind of roadstead; on the south-east it stretched out in a long and narrow tongue. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain Broader and ever broader it gleamed on the roofs of the village, Gleamed on the sky and sea, and the ships that lay in the roadstead. The Children's Own Longfellow “Here,” said Pencroff, “is a fine roadstead, where fleets could ride at ease.” The Mysterious Island We first went into Batavia, and entered the ship; after which, we sailed for a roadstead, called Terragall, to take in rice. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast James Playfair had left the North Commercial Wharf and gone into the roadstead, so that he was ready to make use of the tide, which would be high at nine o’clock in the evening. The Blockade Runners Beyond this point, at a bend of the bight, we anchor a few hundred feet from the shore, and we command a front view of roadstead and 'city.' To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I We had been in, ourselves, at several bays and roadsteads, moreover, on this part of the shore, on our way north; and I felt at home among them. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale “I admit that,” replied the sailor, “but if the navy of the United States needed a shelter in the Pacific, I don’t think they could find a better roadstead than this!” The Mysterious Island The wind, blowing from the eastward directly into the open roadstead with irresistible fury, had driven every vessel in port ashore on the beach. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale Now, the outer roadstead of Marseilles harbor is one of the most awkward places in the Mediterranean for a disabled vessel. The Wheel O' Fortune There was still a strong battery on the breakwater to protect the roadstead and the harbor. The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise The ship sheered into a sort of roadstead—a very wild one it was—as soon as she had room. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale “So Neb begins running down my roadstead just as I was thinking to offer it to the United States!” cried Pencroff. The Mysterious Island The harbor is little better than an open roadstead, and is defended by strong fortifications overhanging the city. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale With a roar and a rattle the chain cable rushed through the hawse- pipe, and the Aphrodite rested motionless on the green water of the roadstead. The Wheel O' Fortune In a roadstead brilliant with sunlight he saw two men-of-war, black and full of cannons. Cæsar or Nothing He was so old that he had still a vivid recollection of the battle in the roadstead and of the bombardment of Copenhagen. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth “All this is very well,” said the reporter, “but I would suggest that Pencroff’s roadstead lacks one important element.” The Mysterious Island Night came on, and as the brig was riding in a roadstead, at single anchor, in a tempestuous season, it was necessary to set an anchor watch. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale He stared at the place in the roadstead where the American yacht had been anchored. The Shadow of the East I have lost many a deep-sea, besides hand leads by the dozen, on rocky bottoms; but give me the roadstead where a lead comes up light and an anchor heavy. The Pilot Before them they saw an open bay, or roadstead, lying between the point on which they stood, and one extending into the sea far to the northwest. History of California We could see merely our own steamer in the roadstead, with the Portuguese war-ship, and the few other vessels at anchor, but we could never exhaust the variety of those varied mountain slopes and tops. Roman Holidays, and Others On the other side of the roadstead stood the castle and village of Denia. The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain |
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